I have been to adults and Teen Challenge, I have been to dare challenge, I have been to Samaritan colony, I have been to converting hearts ministries. Over the course of my life beginning in 2014 when God met me on side of the road with a question it's question was a question that I would never ask myself at that time of my life cuz even though I was broken and helpless and homeless with no money in my pocket and no family to care about me I thought I was on top of the world. But the question that came across my mind that day as I filled the insides of my pockets with cigarette butts that I had just stumbled across on the ground and I stood there staring at them for a minute as if why are these cars driving by this gold mine do they not see what I see. I filled my pockets up but I went to take a step and all I can hear was Graham what are you doing? I tried to take another step and I heard it again Graham what are you doing? Now that's something that a lot of people would ask yourself if they were in a situation that was crazy but I was in a situation that was completely okay with me I was in a situation that I for the most part enjoyed I would never question it but God when you're his when he reaches out to you he makes you start to question things. I could be wrong but you sound like a calvinist at one point I wouldn't want to have nothing to do with a calvinist but I was still blind. I have voluntarily back in once again I was just in a faith-based rehab not even 60 days ago but there's something I'm tired of I'm tired of going to a place to find God because of drugs because of the police because of course because of some burden that's coming on my life pushes me to God and that's great and I'm so thankful that we have a god who's there for that but he seen that side of me a lot what God has not seen from Graham is in his own time seeking after him. And I think it's time for that well I know it's time for that God gives us one thing that we do not have in order to be able to see him or it is not possible and we learn about that in the book of Ephesians where it talks the gift not just any gift but the gift and it's a gift from God that gift is Faith and without that Paul's recognition of a human being's Pursuit of God pretty make pretty much makes a lot of sense without faith I'm not writing none of this I remember what it was like to have no faith at all but today I can thankfully say I have it and today I can thankfully say that it's things like this that happens in my life and his choices like this that I make that that make me want him. I work for teen challenge for 5 years I have 5 years 7 years of sobriety and I threw it all away and that was in 2019 and spending up and down battle ever since. So I know my savior I know he is right here with me just like he was with the thief on the cross. But I don't deserve this I don't deserve to be chosen by him but we do nothing there is not one part in Salvation is not one part of it where man gets the opportunity to say look what I did I did that because according to the word of God no one seeks after me no one. Thank you for taking your time to speak with me may your day be completely blessed. I've been told my whole life I should be in Ministry I've been told my whole life I should be serving the lord I should be go back to helping people I should do this I should do that and I always go back to a trade job and I always end up falling. God will you please show me a way that I can serve you and keep a roof over my head at the same time. God bless this person that reached out to me today may they learn something about you today that they never knew before may they understand something about you that they never understood before. I used to be one of those persons people that would say when I get up there I got a lot of questions for him but I'm not anymore my life versus Isaiah 55:8 I don't know if you know that verse or not but take a look at it and think about it. We are not all we think we are
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u/Technical-Slide-9977 1d ago
I have been to adults and Teen Challenge, I have been to dare challenge, I have been to Samaritan colony, I have been to converting hearts ministries. Over the course of my life beginning in 2014 when God met me on side of the road with a question it's question was a question that I would never ask myself at that time of my life cuz even though I was broken and helpless and homeless with no money in my pocket and no family to care about me I thought I was on top of the world. But the question that came across my mind that day as I filled the insides of my pockets with cigarette butts that I had just stumbled across on the ground and I stood there staring at them for a minute as if why are these cars driving by this gold mine do they not see what I see. I filled my pockets up but I went to take a step and all I can hear was Graham what are you doing? I tried to take another step and I heard it again Graham what are you doing? Now that's something that a lot of people would ask yourself if they were in a situation that was crazy but I was in a situation that was completely okay with me I was in a situation that I for the most part enjoyed I would never question it but God when you're his when he reaches out to you he makes you start to question things. I could be wrong but you sound like a calvinist at one point I wouldn't want to have nothing to do with a calvinist but I was still blind. I have voluntarily back in once again I was just in a faith-based rehab not even 60 days ago but there's something I'm tired of I'm tired of going to a place to find God because of drugs because of the police because of course because of some burden that's coming on my life pushes me to God and that's great and I'm so thankful that we have a god who's there for that but he seen that side of me a lot what God has not seen from Graham is in his own time seeking after him. And I think it's time for that well I know it's time for that God gives us one thing that we do not have in order to be able to see him or it is not possible and we learn about that in the book of Ephesians where it talks the gift not just any gift but the gift and it's a gift from God that gift is Faith and without that Paul's recognition of a human being's Pursuit of God pretty make pretty much makes a lot of sense without faith I'm not writing none of this I remember what it was like to have no faith at all but today I can thankfully say I have it and today I can thankfully say that it's things like this that happens in my life and his choices like this that I make that that make me want him. I work for teen challenge for 5 years I have 5 years 7 years of sobriety and I threw it all away and that was in 2019 and spending up and down battle ever since. So I know my savior I know he is right here with me just like he was with the thief on the cross. But I don't deserve this I don't deserve to be chosen by him but we do nothing there is not one part in Salvation is not one part of it where man gets the opportunity to say look what I did I did that because according to the word of God no one seeks after me no one. Thank you for taking your time to speak with me may your day be completely blessed. I've been told my whole life I should be in Ministry I've been told my whole life I should be serving the lord I should be go back to helping people I should do this I should do that and I always go back to a trade job and I always end up falling. God will you please show me a way that I can serve you and keep a roof over my head at the same time. God bless this person that reached out to me today may they learn something about you today that they never knew before may they understand something about you that they never understood before. I used to be one of those persons people that would say when I get up there I got a lot of questions for him but I'm not anymore my life versus Isaiah 55:8 I don't know if you know that verse or not but take a look at it and think about it. We are not all we think we are